μάκαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • μάκαρς (mákars)

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek because of the interchange ᾰρ/ᾱρ, as well as the word's seemingly isolated formation.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

μάκᾰρ • (mákar) m or f (neuter μάκᾰρ); third declension

  1. blessed, happy

Declension
Third declension of μάκᾰρ; μᾰ́κᾰρ (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative μάκᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρες
mákares		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara
Genitive μᾰ́κᾰρος
mákaros		 μᾰ́κᾰρος
mákaros		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιν
makároin		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιν
makároin		 μᾰκᾰ́ρων
makárōn		 μᾰκᾰ́ρων
makárōn
Dative μᾰ́κᾰρῐ
mákari		 μᾰ́κᾰρῐ
mákari		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιν
makároin		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιν
makároin		 μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν
mákarsi(n)		 μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν
mákarsi(n)
Accusative μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara		 μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰς
mákaras		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara
Vocative μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρες
mákares		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
μᾰκᾰ́ρως
makárōs		 — —
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of μάκᾰρ; μᾰ́κᾰρ (Epic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative μάκᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρες
mákares		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara
Genitive μᾰ́κᾰρος
mákaros		 μᾰ́κᾰρος
mákaros		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν
makároiin		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν
makároiin		 μᾰκᾰ́ρων
makárōn		 μᾰκᾰ́ρων
makárōn
Dative μᾰ́κᾰρῐ
mákari		 μᾰ́κᾰρῐ
mákari		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν
makároiin		 μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν
makároiin		 μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐν
mákarsi(n) / makáressi(n) / makáresi(n)		 μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐν
mákarsi(n) / makáressi(n) / makáresi(n)
Accusative μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara		 μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰς
mákaras		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara
Vocative μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρ
mákar		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρε
mákare		 μᾰ́κᾰρες
mákares		 μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ
mákara
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
μᾰκᾰ́ρως
makárōs		 — —
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms
  • μακάρων νῆσοι (makárōn nêsoi, “islands of the blessed”)
    • → English: Macaronesia

Descendants

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάκαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 893

Further reading
  • “μάκαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μάκαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “μάκαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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